• 文献标题:   Parity-time symmetry transition and exceptional points in terahertz metal-graphene hybrid metasurface with switchable transmission and reflection characteristics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI ZK, YANG WK, WANG K, JIANG CY, SANG XT, WANG J, LV XY, ZHANG HY, ZHANG YP
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1463-9076 EI 1463-9084
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1039/d2cp05699b EA FEB 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Non-Hermitian metasurfaces provide an excellent platform for the study of parity-time (PT) symmetry transition. The exceptional point (EP) in the transition process exhibits peculiar physical phenomena and enriches the development of metasurfaces. In this study, a terahertz metal-graphene hybrid metasurface that can study PT symmetry transition and EP in transmission and reflection polarization channels is designed by using the phase transition characteristics of VO2. The tunable asymmetric loss and PT symmetry transition can be actively controlled by changing the Fermi energy of the graphene strip. Interestingly, owing to the special chirality of the structure, the original metasurface, and the mirrored metasurface degenerate into a circularly polarized state with opposite rotations at the same Fermi energy. The pi-phase mutation at EP is observed following the interaction of circularly polarized waves and the metasurface and is expected to have good application prospects in environmental monitoring and gas sensing.